Rich countries booking excessive doses, WHO said - Corona will not be less than vaccine nationalism.

New Delhi:

The population of rich countries is 13 percent of the world, but more than 50 percent of the vaccine dose has been pre-booked. Hoarding of vaccine doses of big countries may cost other countries.

Even before the corona vaccine came, all the rich countries of the world have started hoarding it. Countries like America and Britain have pre-booked the vaccine for up to five doses per person. The World Health Organization (WHO) is also angry about this. WHO Director General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that vaccine nationalism will not reduce this global epidemic but will spread it further.

Explain that the population of rich countries is 13 percent of the world, but they have pre-booked more than 50 percent of the vaccine dose. This attitude of big countries regarding vaccine dose may have to be paid by other countries.

According to a Business Today report, the US has 2400 million doses, the European Union 2065 million doses, Britain 380 million doses, Canada 338 million doses, Indonesia 328 million doses, China 300 million doses and Japan 290 million doses Pre-booking is done. While for the poor countries of the world, this dose is 3200 million.

The World Health Organization also feels that black marketing of vaccine doses will increase the odds. WHO Director General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has warned. He said that I should make one thing clear that vaccine nationalism will not reduce this global epidemic but will spread it further. If in the same way, the corona vaccine will remain in the grasp of a few rich countries, then there will be a triumph in other countries of the world.

Scientists working on Corona believe that two doses of the vaccine are enough to treat and prevent one person, but some of the world's richest countries have pre-booked up to five doses. The UK has pre-booked more than 5 doses per person, the US 4.88 and the EU countries 3.33 doses.

No definitive date has yet been set for the arrival of the corona vaccine, but the preparation of its hoardings in big countries is a dangerous symptom. The big companies of the world are making Corona vaccine, they have also fixed the price almost.

Moderna's vaccine price is Rs 2800 per dose. At the same time, Pfizer has Rs 3000, Oxford Rs 225 and Serum Institute about 240 rupees.